Holy Mother as a Guru

Heart is conceived as lotus in Meditation. This lovely lotus picture taken in China received on Guru Purnima courtesy: RH

Sri Guru Purnima was celebrated on 19 July 2016 at the Singapore Ramakrishna Mission. A special Puja for Sri Ramakrishna was done and a Talk on “Holy Mother as a Guru’ was delivered by Swami Vimokshananda, President of Singapore Mission. In his Talk, the Swami narrated three incidents from the Life of Holy Mother namely how the devotees like Surendranath Sen, Premananda Dasgupta and a porter at Vishnupur railway station received diksha from the Mother. He elaborated the idea of Guru Shakti and how it lives on for the benefits of the disciples. One can listen to the Talk here. Bhajans and chanting on Gurus and Sri Ramakrishna were sung. All the participants offered pushpanjali and they had supper prasad. More than 250 people joined the celebration.